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Property owner asks county to restore irrigation control box after tile replacement
Summary
A property owner told the County Drainage Board that a recently replaced tile removed an existing control box he used to manage water for neighbors’ yards and wells; staff agreed to investigate costs but took no formal action.
A property owner asked the County Drainage Board on July 21 to allow him to reinstall an irrigation control box that was removed when a contractor replaced a tile on a ditch running near 175 Road. The owner said the box helped him hold water for sub-irrigation that benefits neighbors’ yards, gardens and two shallow wells.
The request matters because the owner said the removed structure has caused higher water levels and that reinstallation would allow him to manage flows and reduce stress on nearby wells. He described decades of tile installations and repairs and said the box previously raised water levels by…
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